Hodges, Sheila

SHEILA HODGES | LOT OF FOUR WORKS [GOD’S GIFT; GOLLANCZ; LORENZO DA PONTE; THE OPERA QUARTERLY] [Three works by Sheila Hodges] [One work gifted by Sheila Hodges] [Four Volumes, Signed]

London; Durham: Heinemann; Victor Gollancz LTD; Granada; Duke University Press, 1978; 1981; 1985; 1991. Octavo, four volumes. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jackets. Various colored spines. Three volumes are hardcover with dust jackets wrapped in mylar covers, prices uncut, and with light shelf wear. Boards have light bumping to spine edges, and fore corners. "The Opera Quarterly" is a softcover in blue paper wraps, has light chipping to spine head/tail and fore corners. Textblocks have light shelving wear. Shelved in Room F.

CONTENTS: “God’s Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College” by Sheila Hodges. Published by Heinemann in 1981. Inscribed “For Susan and Neil, with my love”, dated “June 15, 1981” and signed by Sheila Hodges on the title page.-- “Gollancz: The Story of a Publishing House 1928-1978” by Sheila Hodges. Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd in 1978. Inscribed “For Susan and Neil with love from” and signed by Sheila Hodges on the half-title page.-- “Lorenzo Da Ponte: The Life and Times of Mozart’s Librettist” by Sheila Hodges. Published by Granada in 1985. Inscribed “For Susan and Neal [sic], with my love-” dated “October 10, 1985” and signed by Sheila Hodges on the half-title page.-- “The Opera Quarterly” was gifted by Sheila Hodges. Published by Duke University Press in 1991. Inscribed “For Susan and Neil, with my love-” and signed by Sheila Hodges on the title page.

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Price: $225

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Second Story Books is honored to offer this item from the personal collection of Neil and Susan Sheehan. Neil Sheehan (1936–2021) and Susan Sheehan (1937-2026) were a distinguished husband-and-wife team whose careers helped define American literary journalism in the second half of the twentieth century. Neil Sheehan, a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for The New York Times, is best known for his role in bringing the Pentagon Papers to public attention and for his landmark book "A Bright Shining Lie", while Susan Sheehan built a parallel reputation as a leading voice at The New Yorker, crafting deeply reported narrative nonfiction on subjects ranging from mental health to social institutions, earning her own Pulitzer Prize in 1983. Their longstanding ties to major publications, particularly The New Yorker, placed them at the center of an influential cultural and intellectual network, and the books from their library carry added provenance through this close connection to the magazine’s editorial and artistic community.